Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-24
THE
GREAT BANK ROBBERY.
A Romance OF the M8tr0DoIis Founded
Upon Notes From the Diary
Of Inspector ByTnes,
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE, AUTHOR OF
GARTH BTC., ETC
Copyrighted, 1851 ~ @. N. Dunham 81
rgats reserved.
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER II.

copyrighted, 1851 by %. ". Durham. 81
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CHAPTER II.
a tai, blue-cyed man, with q prominent
nose ana quick, nervous manner, turned
into Broadway from Waverley place and
walked down 10 the corner OF B!eecker
street. It was e6ou. o'clock Of warm
spring afternoon. The tall stranger
standing GA the west side Of Broadway
looked across = the bauk building for
minute. 1t wes closed for the night; but
through the plate glass windows the inte-
riOr was clearly visible 1t seemed very
cay thing TO walk N, thr0T open the
doors of the greet vault, Oil ones pockets
with bonds aud bullion and walk out
aEsis. Tie fest had, indeed, actually been
performed. But the game had not thus
at been worth the candle. The tall man
pulled his cl0sc-crOppsd reddish beard
rervOusly, turned with an impatient
movement and mounted the staircase TO
G.refv's sncp. which he entered
Grady was half se2'ed on the end of his
counter with his arms folded staring
across the street. He also apparently
had been INDUCING gloomy thoughts
sDou. the Manhattan Bank. GA reCogniz-
ne ais visitor he nodded, but did not
change his position.
"WeD, JACK Cannon, - he So d, What's
IN the wind uoY3n
"Wcu, John," returned the other,
pushing back his hat from his forehead
and resting his hands on his hips, 81 was
lust wishing inst bloody bank had been
oarut before ever the boys got into IT,
RS brought EN- no good ;"
YOU'RE right, Jsck," replied the dis-
mond dealer, stil staring out of the
windows. Its done Us no good, and
Pm tired seem II there I'm going to
move"
"AlOves Where tor
"T0 The little place on Sixth avenue
you know Is. ! wish Ia never left it, or
Prince street either. When [ took this
slop -worc to stay here till that bank
was wrecked, and good spell Of years l
waited, and Big pile of money | pat up
On it; aud many is the gang that met here
t0 talk IL over and hiss started out to do
t4e Go, too, and 81 last they done It sure
enough, and got clean of. And wnst
vas She uses Damn the day I dcs. med
died with t.''
81 guess you GOT ls much GU. OF the
s-raPe as inc mex. man, JOhu" remarked
taa visitor. cola Snpers and S.alZ7
don't get lut,ss r0le 3"
."FAs much IS the next man " " reo5st-
ed Grady, aagrily. land wnat'5 th&,!
WHO o st thought Of the iJ-, Wl0
plaened it aud paid for i. Not oil the
crooks Ia America would ever nave sen
the inside Of that vaulc If 1t hadn't been
iOC me. narsed the scheme, aad wAen
one and another would drop out u Il ia
put on others. ! gave 'em good advice.
and ] guess the damned fools wish they
had taken the old mans tip now he sd
Ged. "ADd so In TO put up with as
much as the next mau, an /, WHAT'S a
few thousand TO me- My price for the
JOB was S59o,0Qe tha.'s what Il was Nv
"Wly, john, you've Got all rubbed the
wrong way, haven't you" said Cannon,
symuslhetcaly But ssy, you've got
most OF the bonds and things, haven't
you.'
'No, ] haven't" returned Crazy sui
len.y VINO aaid had:
''Wlo would have '2m,n you WGu.on Y
You had the things from Northampton
sud Deep ltyer djtn'l y0Gt N2J else
would have 'emE'
III you want them bonds cnd secu.i
ties, 70 and ask somebody else for EN-
that's sill nave TO say about *. II I'D
had EN- I'I stake my life Ia have run
'cm up TO 3 million anyhow You know
. mo sort NJ man am lack liz Won u